This is everything I hate about Reddit/Chain Letters/Mom and Dads Internet.
You can make lists and ask for upvotes, but instead why don't you go and do some activism. Get off your ass and organize meetings, raise hell until you get people to care about the things you care about.
Sending chain letters on HackerNews is the most Masturbatory thing you can do on the internet besides the deed itself.
Offline action taken. I protest and don't just sit on my ass. I spread the word. Comments on hn is just one mechanism. I fully agree with you though, get off your ass and do something.
First they came for the conservatives, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a conservative.
Then they came for the tea party member, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a tea party member.
Then they came for the Libertarians, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a libertarian.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Catholic.
Then they came for the Christians, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Christian.
Then they came for the Gun Owner, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Gun Owner.
Then they came for the activists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a activist.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.